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Still at transit points around the world. >> it would be tens of thousands? >> so, realistically, two things. one, we talked about this a little bit earlier, but of the applicants in the program, and as i said we inherited by 18,000, about half of those and this remains more or less the case now, are at a point where it is before the cleave admission has given his or her approval that they are eligible for the program. >> and we focused on -- i was looking for a number and the question i was lea...

You didnt inherit the date. it was may 1st and you pushed it to august 31st. why didnt you push it much la later so we could process the siv applicants and those who have worked with us that had not yet applied. i dont understand why i date was not inherited or selected that would be sufficient to actually remove people from the nation in a way that would be in keeping with our moral commitment to honor our citizens, our green card holders as well as those who have worked with us over the years?...

Difficult circumstances. i want to get to where we are today. during this process, the state department was very open to all members of congress, democrats, republicans, as we filtered information into you about vulnerable people in an effort to get them out of afghanistan. today our offices are still being deluged by requests to help people that are in afghanistan and ngos are working aggressively. you could share us with the process that youre using in order to filter information about america...

Reverse the hard earned rights of afghan women and minorities and a safe haven for terrorists. many who wish to attack the united states. the biden administration left afghanistan in total disarray and single handedly created a humanitarian crisis with thousands of refugees and internally displaced afghans in need of immediate emergency assistance. secretary blinken you characterize the evacuation as an extraordinary effort. you have touted over 124,000 evacuees. the departments efforts were pla...

At that point in time do we know they have some form of i.d. and we didnt. were hearing all of these assurances that were getting biomet biometrically screened, a 14-step plan. i asked the head of northern command at fort mccoy, describe those steps to me and what are re screening them against? are isis terrorists, al qaeda terrorists, have we biometrically screened them in the past that we could compare them to a data base. what is that 14 step process in detail. tell me and describe to us in d...

Its not about the country. its about him and whats good for him. what milley was trying to do and mike pence is trying to do is say no, theres a process. that process is sacrosank. we have to stick with it. its frightening to look back and see how close we came to a president demanding that be circumvented and there are people who had to say no. >> theres a thread through the trump presidency, whether hes calling them my generals or turning to the attorney general to be his personal lawyer or re...

Some of the testimony was combative. this is on the senate side on day two. what stood out most to you in terms of significance? >> the secretary reiterated what he said yet in terms of the defense of the biden administration and their decision to withdraw from afghanistan. as you heard him saying staying longer wouldnt have made the situation -- saying the processing for the siv process was sped up when senators asked why, he said it increased to 1,000 visas a week. he also discussed the fact t...

So he calls an extraordinary meeting of the national military command center, the pentagon war room. he brings the generals in, and the officials, according to woodward and costa. just remember he is not technically in the chain of command. he is an adviser to the president. and he tells the generals and the officials who run the war room, no matter who calls you, you got to let me know. heres what he says. quote, if you get calls, no matter who theyre from, theres a process here, a procedure. n...

Dynamics out there before. youre getting brand new details. i want to come back. we were talking about the revelation about general milley, americas top general saying i need to get the commanders together. im worried. he was worried that trump was going to try to do another rount and issue an order for military strikes in iran. if you get calls, he told them in a top secret pentagon meeting, no matter who theyre from, theres a process here. theres a procedure. no matter what youre told, you do ...

Summon either virtually or in person their top national security. that consultation can last thirty-seconds or minutes or hours. theyll provide the president with a list of options whether its one nuclear weapon or an american strike. they can try to change the presidents mind. theres a check and counter check with the pentagon itself before the process of launching nuclear weapons takes place. what i cant tell is whether milley is saying i have a veto over the presidents decision which would be...